Becoming an Employer
– in Norway
Partners and employees
This is the right time to take a serious look around for partners and employees, but…
Becoming an employer can be challenging in many ways. Amongst other things, you have to comply with some new laws and regulations in addition to several reporting obligations.
Common issues with employees
In this guide we will look at some of the most common issues that can arise once you have employees. These are the rules relating to appointments, including taking on foreign labor, the drafting of a satisfactory employment contract and your duties as an employer, as well as some information about working hours, holidays, sickness absence, temporary lay-offs, references and dismissals. And what if the company is sold or if you are planning to buy a company? Finally, we include an example of how you can work out your total social security costs for an employee, and other issues.
Information
We even provide a toll free number to the Business Information Service which you may call to be supported with the latest updates and practical guidance.
This guide will provide comments and additional information to the official information and guides that are also included in the article.
Contents of the full article
- Employing foreign employees
- Employment contracts
- Working hours and overtime
- The National Insurance scheme and occupational injury
- Mandatory occupational pensions (OTP)
- Holidays
- Health, safety and the environment (HSE)
- Illness/ various leaves of absence
- Temporary lay-offs
- Dismissal
- The employees’ situation in connection with the sale/purchase of an enterprise
- References
- What does an employee cost?
- Rules relating to secondary jobs and non-competition clauses
